Fax machines were a wonderful invention at the time.
传真机在当时是一项了不起的发明。
好大的机器啊！
奶牛不是产奶机器。
Video game machines are always popular with children.
电子游戏机永远是孩子们的热门货。
Nowadays, smart machines give us access to most human knowledge.
如今，智能机器给我们提供了获取大部分人类知识的途径。
The human brain grew bigger, and human beings began to invent more and more tools and machines.
人类的大脑容量变得越来越大，于是人类开始发明越来越多的工具和机器。
The human mind will always be superior to machines because machines are only tools of human minds.
人类的大脑将永远优越于机器，因为机器仅仅只是人脑的工具。
In other words, we need to look at the ways in which machines can augment human labor rather than replace it.
换句话说，我们需要研究机器如何辅助人类劳动，而不是研究其如何取代它。
Perhaps, if we continue to improve information-processing machines, we'll soon have helpful rational assistants.
也许，如果我们继续改进信息处理机器，我们将很快拥有有用的理性助手。
And it is not just individuals: the web makes it easier for companies to rent out spare offices and idle machines, too.
这不仅仅是个人层面：网络使公司出租多余办公室和闲置机器变得更便利了。
To put it another way: How can we make sure that the thinking of intelligent machines reflects humanity's highest values?
换句话说：我们如何才能确保智能机器的思维反映了人类的最高价值观？
Their job satisfaction, too, can surge when well-functioning machines relieve them of dull tasks or repetitive processes.
当运转良好的机器将他们从枯燥的工作或重复的过程中解脱出来时，他们的工作满意度也会飙升。
Portable pedal machines could be used in every office to improve the health of workers, according to scientists in the US.
美国科学家称，每个办公室都可以使用便携式踏板机来改善员工的健康状况。
It will be possible to create more sophisticated moral machines if only we can find a way to set out human values as clear rules.
只要我们能找到一种方法，将人类的价值观以明确的规则阐述出来，就有可能创造出更精密的符合道德标准的机器。
We have no chance of competing against machines on frequent high-volume tasks, but there are things we can do that machines cannot.
在频繁的大批量任务上，我们没有机会与机器竞争。但有些事情我们可以做，而机器做不到。
The tempo can be adjusted manually on conventional karaoke machines, but the new product is the first machine to do it automatically.
传统的卡拉 OK机可以手动调节节奏，但这款新产品是第一台可以自动调节节奏的机器。
To help maximize fitness levels in our town's residents, we should, therefore, equip our new community fitness center with such machines.
因此，为了帮助我们城镇的居民最大限度地提高健身水平，我们应该为我们新的社区健身中心配备这样的机器。
In previous eras of drastic technological change, entrepreneurs smoothed the transition by dreaming up ways to combine labor and machines.
在以前技术剧烈变革的时期，企业家们想方设法将劳动力和机器结合起来，才使得转型顺利进行。
Washing machines take the drudgery out of laundry, the latest models being entirely automatic and able to wash and dry a large quantity of clothes in a few minutes.
洗衣机使洗衣不再繁琐，最新的款式是全自动的，能在几分钟内洗好和烘干大量的衣服。
Similar advances with other crops have released people from hard and boring jobs for more creative work, whilst machines harvest crops more efficiently with less waste.
对于其它作物，相似的改进把人们从艰难又枯燥的工作中解放出来，可以做更多创造性的工作，同时机器收割庄稼的效率更高，浪费更少。
You can put bottles in the machines and get money back.
你可以把瓶子放进机器里，然后换回钱。
Without his machines with moving parts, we might not have modern-day robots.
如果没有他发明的带运动部件的机器，今天可能也不会有现代机器人的出现。
With the development of science and technology, communications are becoming easier and quicker now—people can use telephones, cellphones, fax machines and the Internet.
随着科技的发展，通信如今变得更容易更快捷——人们可以使用电话、手机、传真机和互联网。
We work faster even than the machines.
我们甚至比机器工作还快。
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